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Getting into. MEDICAL SCHOOL DENTAL SCHOOL VETERINARY SCHOOL. WHY IS MEDICINE SO POPULAR?. Is medicine the right choice?. Entry requirements. Minimum GCSE requirements Typical offer must match predicted A level grades Stipulations regarding resits Choice of fourth subject for A2 year.

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  1. Getting into... MEDICAL SCHOOL DENTAL SCHOOL VETERINARY SCHOOL

  2. WHY IS MEDICINE SO POPULAR?

  3. Is medicine the right choice?

  4. Entry requirements • Minimum GCSE requirements • Typical offer must match predicted A level grades • Stipulations regarding resits • Choice of fourth subject for A2 year

  5. Research THE choices • Research fees and bursaries • Attend an Open Day www.opendays.com/

  6. Prepare THE application • Work experience • Personal statement • Background reading

  7. Preparing for interview • Interviews at the University of Bristol • Video of medical school interview at University of Bristol • Medical School mock interview

  8. Medical admissions tests • Trend towards admissions tests for UK universities • Applicants must sit UKCAT, or BMAT, or both • Admissions are very competitive • Too many candidates will achieve all A grades at A-level • Admission test result is often a discriminating factor

  9. Medical admissions timeline

  10. UKCAT

  11. UKCAT facts • UK Clinical Aptitude Test • Consortium of 26 universities • Computer-based test • Taken at Pearson VUE centres • £65 to 31st August; £80 thereafter • www.ukcat.ac.uk

  12. UKCAT universities • Aberdeen • Brighton and Sussex • Barts and the London (Queen Mary) • Cardiff • Dundee • Durham • East Anglia • Edinburgh • Glasgow • Hull York • Keele • King’s College London • Leeds • Leicester • Manchester • Newcastle • Nottingham • Penisnsula (Exeter and Plymouth) • Queen’s University Belfast • Sheffield • Southampton • St Andrew’s • St George’s London

  13. BMAT

  14. BMAT facts • BioMedical AdmissionsTest • Required by 5 universities • Offered only on 2nd November 2011 • Paper-based test • Students register through school • Fee for UK residents: £42.50 • www.bmat.org.uk

  15. BMAT universities • University of Cambridge • Imperial College London • University of Oxford • Royal Veterinary College • University College London

  16. 2011 bhasvic hall of fame Dentistry BRISTOL Medicine SOUTHAMPTON Medicine BRIGHTON Medicine SOUTHAMPTON Medicine BIRMINGHAM Medicine NEWCASTLE Medicine MANCHESTER Medicine HULL Medicine FLINDERS Medicine BRIGHTON Medicine IMPERIAL

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